卑
卑 — bi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 낮을 비
- Romanization
- bi
- English
- humble, low, inferior; despise
- Mandarin
- bēi
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヒ, ヒツ, ハン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いや.しい いや.しむ いや.しめる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,003 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 十 (24, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5351
Korean example words with 卑
- 비어卑語 Korean gloss: 점잖지 못하고 천한 말
- 존비尊卑 Korean gloss: 사회적 지위나 신분의 존귀함과 비천함
- 비리하다卑俚 Korean gloss: 천하고 상스럽다
- 비소하다卑小 Korean gloss: 보잘것없이 작다
- 비약하다卑弱 Korean gloss: 비천하고 약하다
- 비하하다卑下 Korean gloss: 자기 자신을 낮추다
- 비미하다卑微 Korean gloss: 지위나 신분이 낮고 천하다
- 야비하다野卑 Korean gloss: 성질이나 행동이 야하고 천하다
- 비겁스럽다卑怯 Korean gloss: 매우 비겁하거나 또는 비겁한 데가 있다
- 비굴하다卑屈 Korean gloss: 용기나 줏대가 없이 남에게 굽히기 쉽다
- 비열하다卑劣 Korean gloss: 사람의 하는 짓이나 성품이 천하고 졸렬하다
- 비근하다卑近 Korean gloss: 흔히 주위에서 보고 들을 수 있을 만큼 알기 쉽고 실생활에 가깝다
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 卑
- 卑劣ひれつ mean; contemptible; despicable
- 卑屈ひくつ servile; subservient; obsequious
- 男尊女卑だんそんじょひ male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
- 卑下ひげ self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
- 卑怯ひきょう cowardly; craven; unfair
- 卑しいいやしい lowborn; humble; lowly
- 下卑げび vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness
- 尊卑そんぴ high and low; aristocrat and plebeian
- 卑近ひきん common; simple
- 卑見ひけん my humble opinion
- 卑語ひご vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism
- 卑小ひしょう petty; trifling
Characters sharing the phonetic 卑
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “비” in Korean.
Other hanja read “비”
Other hanja with radical 十
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